So about 3 years ago Ireland was bringing in a new bike licence law. I told myself if I didn't go get my licence before it kicked in I never was. So I went and got my licence. Now, I've never been on a bike before. Nor a moped. Or anything mechanically propelled with two wheels. A very good friend of mine had (to me) a minter of a Hornet, 1999 in an Italian Red. And in all fairness to it it was a clean bike. He had it sitting in his garage and rarely took it out anymore. So after I got my licence I went over to him and bought it.

This is how she looked (dont mind the first photo. The colour is a bit off from the phone. It was taken back in 2004/2005 when he first got it so phone cameras wheren't the best).

So, after getting her home and polishing her up and getting used to it. I took her for a little photoshoot.

To me it was an animal bike. She was bog standard except for the big huge Motad exhaust which just rumbled everywhere and a 190 rear tyre instead of the 180.

An other friend of mine also got a hornet but the faired version. So off we went to Rosslare for a quickie (photoshoot that is)

So, thats the end of the first chapter in Project White. Stay tuned for more......... (next post )

So, onto stage 1 of Project White. This was the second dearest part of the project. Getting the bike wrapped. I got it wrapped by a crowd call ONYX Bespoke Automotive. They specialise is wrapping Porsches, Range Rovers all that high end stuff. I decided to not go for a complete white but mix it with a little bit of 3D carbon also. The reasons i opted for the wrap are. 1. It protects paint work. Would be silly to get it sprayed then have stone chips all over it. 2. It preserves the paint work under neath. So if i ever decide to change it back to the original colour, I can. 3. I wanted something different to the usual paint jobs.

Anyways. My mate (blue hornet) stuck up a deal to do the two of our bikes (he went with matte black and carbon, I went with matte white and carbon). We have the only two bikes ever fully wrapped by them (well, my mate sold his and now he has a blade). His was number 1 and mine was number 2.

So onto stage 2 of the project. New custom rear end with LED tail lights. In with the new and out with the old. And by the way incase anyone has noticed. I've changed back to a standard exhaust for 1 major reason. Going down the road the exhaust was doing its little popping as it usually does. Floored it and the exhaust made the biggest pop i've heard and the rear of the can shot up into the air (this is a witness account) about 60ft into the air and bounced of the road and landed in the ditch. Didn't know what had happened other than something happened my exhaust cause now it was motherf**king loud so pulled in. A lad in a passat pulled in behind me and told me that he saw it shoot into the air and a huge flame from the bike (deadly i was thinking). since the exhause was @#%$ taped it back together till i got home and just took her easy. Scrapped it when i got home and put on the standard exhaust (wouldn't want the other one flying off and hitting a car or something).

Stage 3. Feck. Just got a letter for my full test and the bike is still away getting fixed up. Shit. Crap. What do i do. The poor guy doing the bits to the bike was hounded non stop. Bike ready yet. Bike ready yet lol. Bike was ready 4 days before my test. Few. Here's the pics from the workshop.

What exactly was done you may ask. Well, below is a list. When i got talking to the mechanic, he said its the most well maintained bike he has come across. Even the bearings in the steering column (dont quote me on the place but it had something to do with the steering, i'm not mechanical minded) where like bran new. Loads of things that should be worn for such an old bike wasn't. Anyways, back to the list.1. Two wheels resprayed in a matte white (no laquer and the paint had to be specially imported from Latvia or Poland or something.2. Head, clutch plate, coverings, yoke, forks and swing arms painted in a matte black.3. New carbon arrow LED indicators all round.4. Full service including a K&N air filter and new plugs.5. New exhaust custom made by Dan Moto.6. Custom made belly pan with projector lights. Also sprayed a matte white.7. Carbon renthal bars.8. New chain and sprocket (up three teeth on the rear)9. Two new shoes. Battelax.10. Fork seals done.There was prob a few other parts but can't remember.

Stage 4. Took her home. And lost the link between the gear lever and gear box on the road. F**K. It's stuck in 3rd gear. Back to him in third gear i went, luckily he had an other honda there and the bar was about the same length to get me by for a few days till i do my test and a new one arrives in. Passed my test first time. Woohoo, go me. So.. I guess i better post some pics here then.

Autumn time now. Time to put the bike away. Hhhhmmmmmm. While its asleep, think i'll give her a good clean. Try get all that old oil i seen in the pics when she went in to get her major overhaul and anything else i can do.

New twin headlightsNew braided linesNew foot peg rubbersA small serviceNew leversChrome oil filterMajor clean around chain, under and around bikeReservoir coversSub air filterExhaust of and autosold and buffed upCarbon hugger and aux brake light.Dynojet Stage 1Seat recoveredSprayed a few more bits to tidy up matte black

Took the exhaust off and snapped 3 bloody bolts. So had to get them removed from the head. All new nuts and bolts to go back on Bike is still in pieces but getting the bike back tomorrow (from the guy who originally owned it) who is taking out the three bolts that broke on me in the head.

Removed 90% of the photos from the thread to make page open faster. I think it's because I had to set the image code to [rsimg] and it had to resize every photos. Anyways. Make sure to click the links to view the full albums.

Damn this thread locked up my work PCand has my iPad at a standstill. Shame cos I'd like to follow its a headache. Would be nice to see more pics of your mates faired version if poss dude. Please. Is he a member?

Too much hassle. Lol. Too many photos to do it with. Ill just leave it with the links. I put in the IMG code [rsimg] to make the site resize it as they are too big. If people wanna check it out they will see its worth clicking the links

Nicely done Flood, The bike looks lovely! I am thinking of changing my black 2003 600 to a matte white or perhaps pearl. A buddy of mine sprayed his gsxr in a pearl white and its a lovely color, but your bike looks awesome in matte. Thanks for the inspiration

Awsome job on bike mate looks the goods Maybe when ya have some more cash u could get headlight like scotts or somthing that sticks out like head to keep the lines of the bike flowing all the way through to give it a Stormtropper look (But it still looks awsome well done )